Left of the Dial on WQAQ.com

Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: Left of the Dial will not be on the air tomorrow morning.

However, next week’s show (Saturday, March 1) will feature my interview with photographer Autumn de Wilde. We discussed Elliott Smith, the subject of her new book, as well as the link between music and photography among many other topics.

In honor of the interview, this show will be centered around Elliott Smith and some of my favorite songs of his. Be sure to tune in!

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I’m excited to say that Left of the Dial will be back on the air with my first show of the semester this Saturday at 11:00 AM on WQAQ.  Be sure to tune in because I have tons of new music to play (Los Campesinos!, Vampire Weekend, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Nada Surf, and The Magnetic Fields just to name a few) as well as old favorites.

Also, there’s the chance of a Left of the Dial pre-show at 10:30, so tune in for that as well.

To listen to the stream, click on the How to Listen tab at the top of the page or travel over to WQAQ.com for streaming instructions.

Direct your comments and feedback to the station’s AIM screenname: WQAQDJ.

See you then!

BW

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Hi everyone.

Quinnipiac started the spring semester and the good folks at WQAQ are working hard to get the station up and running!  Left of the Dial should be back on the air fairly soon.

There’s a lot of exciting things I have planned for this semester – tons of new music and some special surprises I’m working on as well.

Two quick technical things to leave you with.  I’ve moved Left of the Dial to this address and it’s let me do some different things with the wordpress system.  For instance, you can “subscribe” to the Left of the Dial blog to get e-mailed when I post something new.

Also, I have a request.  If you have a wordpress theme that you think would work well for this blog, let me know.  I’m open to a lot of different designs as long as the theme is simple (2 – 3 columns so that it’s easy to read) and “widget aware.”  If you know of any good themes (or a place to find some) I’d appreciate it.

See you soon

BW

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My present to myself is this new domain, which should bring some exciting things to Left of the Dial in the new year and beyond!

So if you celebrate it, enjoy Christmas with some good tunes (recommendations: “Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues, “Last Christmas” by pretty much anyone, and the Sufjan Stevens Songs for Christmas box) and good people.

See you soon,

BW

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Since Quinnipiac’s semester ended yesterday, I’m now off the air for semester break.

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For reasons out of my control, I will not be on the air tomorrow.

Also, if my calculations are correct, next week will be the last show of the semester.  If that’s true, expect some kind of 2007 retrospective.

See you then!

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Left of the Dial is back on the air this weekend to start the last few shows of the semester. While I’m announcing this to you, I figured I’d point out a couple different things I noticed this weekend.

First, while watching the Giants – Vikings game, FOX played the very beginning of my show’s theme song going to commercial. I was so surprised to hear the Replacements during a football game – something doesn’t add up there.

And also, I saw the youtube video a month ago when the Arcade Fire finished their show at Randall’s Island with an impromptu cover of the Violent Femmes’ “Kiss Off” – a song that I used to frequently end my show with in days past, especially when completing an extra-long broadcast or a shift I covered for another DJ. It also is the last song that I ever played at WDOM (unofficially, since I played it while packing up after the still legendary 5 1/2 hour final Left of the Dial in May 2005).

Anyway, I let it slide until this weekend I found out that the Arcade Fire have continued to cover it during some of their European tour dates. I only hope they picked it up from listening to my humble little show!

So to tide you over until Saturday morning, here’s a couple Youtube videos of AF covering the Violent Femmes. Feel free to find MP3s by searching on The Hype Machine.

First, “Kiss Off” from the Randall’s Island show 10/6/07

And “Kiss Off” live in Brussels 11/02/07

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Just a heads up that both Left of the Dial and WQAQ will be off the air both this weekend and next weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday (so sleep in this weekend).

Also, I just learned second hand that I’m WQAQ’s “DJ of the Week.”  I’m not really sure what that entails but nonetheless I’m extremely honored and grateful to be selected!  Head over to WQAQ.com to check out my honor and a list of past honorees.

Enjoy the time off and do something fun in the interim – I’m going to see The Hold Steady & Art Brut (again!) next week.  Let me know what you want to hear when I come back December 1st.

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Left of the Dial returns on Saturday, September 22!

WQAQ returns on the air and Left of the Dial returns to Saturday Mornings 11 AM to Noon.

Tune in to 98.1 FM in the Hamden/New Haven area or stream WQAQ online at WQAQ.com.

I’m looking forward to playing some old favorites and some new music for you this semester. As always, click on the “How to Listen” tab for contact info.

[BW]

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So this is a bit belated, but I’ll pass the info on anyway. WQAQ is currently on spring break right now and will be off the air this coming weekend.

The next show will be on Sunday, March 25th so tune in then!

(Until then, browse my other blog – Goodnight to the Rock & Roll Era)

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